Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (Xbox)
Rating:  -
just let me say that i am a huge buffy and angel fan when the first buffy game came out an 2002 i went out and bought an xbox just to play buffy and the year 2003 when i heard of buffy chaos bleeds i rushed out and bought it every thing about this game is perfect the weponry better than ever and i also like that you can play as the whole cast of the series and sid the dummy is my favorite the one thing that i missed and the sequel was my favorite charters angel and cordelia dawn and riley i really hope there will a third buffy for the series
Rating:  -
If you loved the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer game offered only on the XBox, then stick with that and dont waste your time playing Chaos Bleeds. I always thought the sequel to a game was supposed to surpass it in every aspect? Nonetheless, you do get the chance to play as Xander, Willow, Spike, Faith and Sid the Dummy...but that doesnt make up for the way that the controler handles and the bad angles that this game offers. The way the game was set up before was much more user friendly. If you were getting low on energy (health), all you had to do was pause the game and go to your inventory, drink an elixer and go back to fighting; not in chaos bleeds, in this game while your getting your azz beat by 3 vampires, you are having to scroll through your inventory of weapons to find a medipak and use it quick before you turn to dust yourself. And you can only carry 5 medipaks at a time, you could carry 9 elixers in the previous buffy game. Also the control handling is so slugish, you start trying to hit a vamp, one show up behind you, dont waste your time trying to turn around to hit him, youll end up going in a different direction swinging at nothing but air and the vamps are now behind, still kicking the crap out of you. If you enter an area and there are 3 vamps there to fight, you wont know it by their energy bar showing up at the top of the screen like the previous buffy game, you get to find out there in the area when they appear out of nowhere and jack slap you a good one. Faith and Buffy fight the exact same way. Spike is somewhat slow but seems to be the strongest, Xander... although his arena is the hardest, i just dont seem him staking 50 vamps and living, and Willow character doesnt have the option to kick, all she can do is slap a vamp away from her and PRAY she is holding a stake or has enough magic to toast them with fireballs, or shes dead meat too. Also in the previous buffy game, as you went through the game, buffy had the chance to boost her slayer power and health giving her the chance to last longer in the game, not in chaos bleeds, what little energy you start off with, thats all you get.... so try not to block those vampire punches with your face.... or you can just hang it up. After playing this game for almost 3 months, i have yet to beat it. It took me almost 3 weeks just to clear Spikes stage. All in all, its a horrible excuse for a game and i wouldnt bother.... youd be better of playing Legend of Zelda on the regular Nintendo.
Rating:  -
The camera angles are bad. It's not like in the first game where you had complete control over the camera. No, you can only rotate it 180 degrees this time, and sometimes not even that! Sometimes the camera sticks for no reason!
The controls are bad. Even if you're an experienced gamer, you may have some trouble controlling the character. Sometimes when you're getting attacked, you can't always get she/he to face the proper direction. The inventory sucks. Unlike the first game where you could pause the game to equip a different weapon or heal, you have to fumble through your inventory while being attacked!
While the first "Buffy" game had beautiful graphics, this one looks like a first generation Playstation One game.
Some of the voice acting is terrible, especially Anya and Willow, who were not voiced by Emma Caulfield and Allyson Hannigan.
This game's biggest drawback, though, is the inability to save your progress except at the end of the level. There are continue points throughout each level, so if you die you don't have to start all over; but if you reach a continue point, turn off your Xbox or PS2, then you do have to start the level all over the next time you play the game. Most of the levels are pretty huge -- 45 minutes to 90 minutes in length -- so this gets to be a serious problem, especially in the later levels where the boss fights are A LOT tougher, and you have to keep playing until you beat them, or lose 90 minutes of progress.
But if you're a diehard "Buffy" fan like I am, you'll find the patience to play all the way through this game anyway. Bad camera angles, controls, graphics, and voice acting aside, it's still a video game based on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". After you beat each level, you unlock a video interview with one of the "Buffy" cast members.
If nothing else, the story is better than the first game: Ethan Rayne has escaped from custody, and he has a new ally... The First Evil. Ethan has an arrangement set up with The First where if he can choose six warriors to represent him, and they pass all the tests, then The First will imbue Ethan with godly power. So Ethan forces the Scoobies to be his six warriors, by trapping them in an alternate version of Sunnydale. The only way Buffy and her friends can now get back to their own dimension is to pass all the tests...
Rating:  -
This game was definitely enjoyable. Being able to explore Sunnydale and royally kick some good ol' vampire ass as six different characters is just a brilliant idea. You get to use so many different fighting styles from Faith's powerful punches to Willow's sunlight spells of bright, sunny doom. The multiplayer arenas are also great. The settings of the game were accurate and very realistic. I think I noticed a few times graffiti on the dumpsters and small cuts in the bricks.
I have a few complaints about the game, however. First, Spike looked like my great aunt Ollie. Many of the other characters looked very inacurate, as well. For instance, Anya almost looked annorexic. Her cheeks were so...mushed in. And Willow...yeah, she looks high. And sounds like it, too. I think Xander was the most accurate of all the characters, in my opinion. The phrases that the characters said, as well, annoyed me. I mean, "Just what every girl needs. A nice, long shaft. Wait, that didn't come out right." How long did it take the producers to come up with that? Three minutes? And Willow's were just plain annoying. There was one time when my friend and I were playing it, and something must have glitched in the game because every time she killed something, she'd say the same line: "Now that was just creepy." Also, Willow's little, "Ooh! A medi-kit! Now I can be Nurse Willow! Tara's gonna love this..." ...No, nein, nicht. Don't think so. Though, I must say that some of the lines were quite amusing. For example, Buffy's little "BUFFY SMASH! GRRR!" just made my cousin and I burst into laughter. And the artificial intelligence was amazing. Though very very frustrating at the time, but eh, I got over it.
So, to sum up: good levels, AI, plot, characters, and multiplayer arenas, bad graphics and lines.
You should definitely play this game, though, despite the characters' flaws that will drive you to the point of pondering your sanity, it is a wonderful game that makes you think hard and will make you laugh, whether you're laughing with the game or at it. Play...this...game.
Rating:  -
This game has two of the worst flaws any game can possibley have : Horrible controls AND Horrible Camera angles. If the controls suck and the cameras suck then guess what? You cant play the game! Even if you are a diehard Buffy fan you will not enjoy this game. A game can have cool graphics, concepts, etc. but if you don't have fun playing it who cares? To top it off this game doesn't have good graphics, original concepts or even decent voice acting. Half the characters voices are not even provided by the original actors and with the exception of the girl who voices Buffy they are all absolutely horrible!
Another reviewer actually defended this game by saying players should stop comparing it to the previous Buffy game because it is not the same game. That is ridiculous because what people loved about the first game were the super tight controls, responsive fight system and awesome camera control!!! Qualities gamers want in EVERY game! Thats why they are saying the first game is so much better. You will honestly spend half your time getting beat in the back of the head by an enemy who you never saw coming even if you were trying to swing your camera around to check around you while you swing and kick at the empty air in front of you and connect with nothing, even if you are an experienced gamer! Another reason that it is perfectly fair to compare this to the previous Buffy game is because they rely on so many of the conventions from the first game with no innovation. Same vampires, same zombies, same sewers, except instead of improving they have actually taken a step back! The inventory system sucks (it was awesome in the first game) and the blocking button has been moved from the easily accessible shoulder button to the impossible to reach white button! AAARRGGG! Before you could easily grab an enemy and throw them in any direction you wanted. Not anymore! You will probably actually be able to grab your enemy one out of every ten times, the rest you will either grab air (even if your enemy is right in front of you) or do nothing while you are beaten to a pulp. And if on the off chance you do grab you enemy only god knows where he'll go flying, but it probably wont be on the spike your trying to throw him on. This game is an embarrassment and everyone who worked on it should never be allowed to work on another game again. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!
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